The Development of Urban Transportation Planning Model : the Nong Khai Case Study

Abstract

This paper describes the process of technique and methodology for the development of a traffic and transport model for urban transportation planning. The model was developed as part of the Study on Traffic and Transport Master Plan for Regional Cities: the Nong Khai city, supported by Office of the Commission  for the Management of Land Traffic (OCMLT) in 2001. The model was developed by using TRIPS program and applying the Traditional 4-Step Transportation Planning model for forecasting travel demand in horizon years. Both primary and secondary data such as traffic flow data. Physical data of road network. O-1) matrix, number of population. Students, employees and employment in cache   zone. And so on were collected in this study. The results showed that after the appropriate calibration and validation. TRIPS was capable of systematically and effectively prediction travel demand as well as evaluating traffic and transport plans or projects proposed to resolve and improve the traffic and transport problems in the study area.